Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rastus

/ɹˈæstəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: ras-tus
IPA: /ɹˈæstəs/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name of American usage.

noun

A stereotypical African American man, often a cheerful character in minstrel shows.

Offensive

Example Sentences

"But neither did it turn them into Rastuses and Sambos; nor deprive their behaviour of logical and recognisable roots in the conditions of a regional culture whose impact had been distilled into Negro spirituals or the blues."
"From the end of slavery to the period of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, ads in the U.S. continued to show blacks as Aunt Jemimas, Uncle Bens and Rastuses—individuals subservient to whites."

Etymology

Thought to be derived from Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris.

Usage

Offensive

Inflected Forms

Rastuses (plural)

Rhymes With

erastus

Questions

How do you pronounce rastus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈæstəs/.
What does rastus mean?: A male given name of American usage.
Where does rastus come from?: Thought to be derived from Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris.

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